Barak Avinoam
Partner @ Benhamou Global Ventures
Tel Aviv, Israel
Barak Avinoam is a Series A investor at Benhamou Global Ventures in Tel Aviv focused on Internet and Software. Barak Ben-Avinoam is a serial entrepreneur and an expert in the field of early-stage investments, technology start-ups, accelerators and incubators.Prior to BGV Barak Ben-Avinoam was a Managing Partner at Fastlane Ventures (FLV), the leading Internet accelerator in Russia. FLV is an investment company which specializes in creating and developingsuccessful Russian online businesses and is the established leader in this segment of the Russian Internet. As part of his tenure at FLV Barak was involved at the Board level in launching and fund-raising of successful Russian companies such as IQCard, Vita Portal, Relevant Media and more. Prior to FLV Barak was Managing Director at QuantumWave Capital (QWC), a boutique, Paris-based investment banking firm specializing in technology mergers and acquisitions. At QWC Barak was involved in evaluating relevant Israeli start-up companies, analysis and strategy planning with the respective CEO’s, and has participated in the M&A process. In addition, Barak was instrumental in putting together the work plan for a Pan-European technology accelerator.Prior to QWC Barak was an executive in two of the leading Israeli incubators in the internationally recognized Incubator Program led by the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist. At this capacity Barak led dozens of investment transactions and worked closely with CEO’s of early-stage companies.Before his tenure as an investor Barak was a co-Founder and held C-level positions at several Israeli technology start-up companies, including CEO of Flash Networks, GM of European Operations at Business Layers, and CEO of Prolify.Barak Ben-Avinoam is an Advisory Board Member, mentor and a panelist at several international acceleration programs, including at the Technion’s BizTEC Program, Tel Aviv Academic College Start-HUB Accelerator Program, The College of Management Academic Studies in Israel, and others.Barak Ben-Avinoam has also taught MBA-level seminars in Cross-Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship at leading MBA programs, including at the Technion, Tel-Aviv University and at the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel, and at ENPC and ISM in France.Barak holds an MBA and a Doctorate of Business Administration, with honors, from the International School of Management, Paris, France.Barak also holds a B.Sc. in Information Systems, with honors, from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.Barak is an avid tri-athlete and a long-distance runner. He lives with his wife and four children at Israel’s wine country.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Barak Avinoam invests in
Stages Barak Avinoam invests in
Countries Barak Avinoam invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 1 (100%)
- Software 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Rep'nUp
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Rep'nUp develops proprietary technology to analyze a user's personality and online image through social media accounts. | $3M / Series A / Sep 26, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About Benhamou Global Ventures
Benhamou Global Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.The firm works with passion and commitment to building valuable companies. It places particular emphasis on cloud technologies; virtual and software-defined networking; productivity-based applications; cybersecurity, mobility, and the Internet of Things.In 2004, Eric Benhamoufounded the firm in Palo Alto, California.
Benhamou Global Ventures Contacts
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Anik Bose
General Partner
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Barak Avinoam
Partner
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Eric Benhamou
Founder & General Partner
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Eric Buatois
General Partner
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Peter Wang
Technology Advisor
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What does Barak Avinoam invest in?
Barak Avinoam invests primarily in Internet and Software startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Barak Avinoam closed in Sep 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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